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Sunflower seed oil futures and options began trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange on November 12, with night trading starting that evening. The first futures contracts were listed with a benchmark price of 10,000 yuan per tonne, and the main contract SO2705 closed the first day at 10,133 yuan per tonne, up 1.33%.
Exchange officials said the contracts will give importers, processors and traders a domestic price reference and risk-management tools.
The new contract adds a hedging and price-discovery venue for sunflower oil, a niche edible oil in China's import mix, and could gradually transmit domestic pricing to international trade. Its direct effect on feed commodity prices is limited, so it is mainly a structural development for vegetable oil markets.
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